I have Cinebench R23 installed and I can tell you 1T means 1 thread, thus single core as the article mentioned.
You can set how many threads the renderer will use. https://i.imgur.com/kBNvLe1.png
And it is pure CPU render. No GPU is used. It would be borderline comical if the article used a GPU benchmarking tool to measure CPU performance.
Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More
by joshuaissac on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:02PM
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> Claims of future performance are going to be met with a clear shrug because ultimately I've been able to put my hands on an M1 for over a year, theoretical future CPUs are absolutely no consequence.
It is not theoretical. They ran their tests on a laptop that is already available for purchase.
Itβs also not exactly an indicator of real world performance which is why I avoided linking to benchmarks.
It's possible the M1 has been dethroned for single core performance, but what you link is not a good comparison.
Claims of future performance are going to be met with a clear shrug because ultimately I've been able to put my hands on an M1 for over a year, theoretical future CPUs are absolutely no consequence.
Additionally what is failed to mention here is how much battery life you get. Which, Apple is easily leading on.
I'm quite envious of the M1 to be perfectly honest, for the thermal envelope it's unbeaten, and its barely being challenged one year on. But you'll take my Dell Precision and my Linux installation from my cold dead hands.